Hay-carrier



(NofModel.)

R. "0. JORDAN.

A HAY CARRIER. No. 320,876.'

Patented June 23, 1885.

al l L A u' INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

NiTn STATES RICHARD C. JORDAN, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECFICATOE- forming part of Letters Patent Nol 320,8761 :lated June 23,1885.

Application filed October 30, 1884.

as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partofthis specitication.

Figures l, 2, and 3 are side views showing my device in differentpositions. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective detail views.

This invention relates to improvements in hay-carriers; and it consistsin the construeA tion and novel arrangement of devices as hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the let-ters ofreference marked thereon, A represents the carrier-frame, of the usualgeneral shape, composed of the two similar parallel platesa fandprovided at its upper corners with the wheels a a', which travel in theusual manner upon the beam or the iron or cable track B, as shown.

a is a vertical funnel-shaped tube or passage situated centrally betweenand fixed to the plates a, and converging from below upward. The saidpassage is cut away on its front and rear aspects to give room for theplay of the latehing mechanism.

C is a ring fixed to one of the lower corners of the carrier-frame,centrali y between the plates a, and D isa pulley, the shaft of whichhas bearings in said plates at the opposite corners of the frame.

E is a crescent-shaped locking-hook, pivoted at e between the plates a,on the same side of the passage as the pulley D. e is the lowerinwardly-pointing lockiug-point of said hook, and el is the upper pointof the same, against which the ascending loop strikes to rotate thehook, as hereinafter described. e e3 are similar shoulders formed on theface of the hook on each side of the point e?, and e4 is a point curvingoutward and somewhat down- (No model.)

ward from the back of the hook when the same is locked.

F is a detent-bar for holding the carrier at the desired position on thebeam B. The said bar is pivoted at f between the plates a, above thelocking-hook and on the same side of the carrier as the ring C, itsinner arm being heavier than its outer arm,f. f2 is a verticallongitudinal slot in the said bar, extending into the outer arm andhaving the pivot ofthe bar passing through it. f3 is the hookshaped endof the outer arm of the bar F, having its upper edge beveled downwardand outward, and f" is the curved end on the inner arm, with itseoneavity downward. f5 is a guide point or plate projecting downwardfrom the lower surface of the inner arm of the bar, just to the rear ofits curved end.

Gr is a detent-bar bolted to the under surface of the beam A, andprovided with a downwardlyprojecting arm, g, which inclines away fromthe carrier, and has its point beveled in the saine direction.

H is the locking-bar of the device passing through the slot f2 of thedctent-bar, and turning on the same pivot therewith, its inner arm beingheavier than its outer arm. The outer arm of said locking-bar iswidened, and has its end h beveled from above, downward and outward, sothat when it strikes against the arm g it will turn on its point, andthe inner arm will be raised. The end h of the inner arm of the bar ishook-shaped, with its coneavity downward, and is slotted vertically andlongitudinally at h2, for a purpose hereinafter explained. The slot h2extends past the hooked end into the arm of the bar H, and the guidepoint or plate f5 passes and moves in said eX- tension. h3 lt3 areshoulders formed on the inner arm to engage with the shoulders c3 e3 onthe locking-hook.

I is a block provided on its upper edge with a vertical loop or hook,i', and having the pulley or sheave il turning in it in the usualmanner. i2 is a hook fixed to the lower edge of the back and curled andbent over on itself, with its point long, so as to prevent the hayforkor load connected therewith from being easily detached.

J is the actuating-rope ofthe device, having its end secured to the ringC, thence passing IOO under the pulley i, and over the pulley D, as 2.In a hay-carrier, the combination, with a shown. carrier-frame having aswinging locking-hook The'detentbar G is so placed on the beam pivotedthereto, and a detent-bar fixed to the A that the carrier will stand,when locked, beam on which the carrier travels, of a detentover the loadof the hay to be moved. bar and a locking-bar, each pivoted to the 5oThe operation of the device is as follows: It carrier-frame, and soarranged that the swing being supposed that the carrier is returning toof the locking hook will canse it to engage the take a fresh load, thebeveled edge of thehook locking-bar before said hook releases the def3will first strike the arm g, slide under the tent-bar from the detent,substantially as specisame, and lock thereon. The carrier still adlied.55 vancing, the end 7L of the locking-bar Vwill 3. In a hay-carrier, thecombination, with strike the arm' g, throwing up the inner arm thecarrier-frame having a swinging lockingof the lockingbar H and releasingthe shoulhook pivoted thereto, and a detent-bar fixed ders h3 from theshoulders e3. The locking-hook to the beam on which the carrier travels,of a E then rotates, releasing the loop i from the detent-bar and alocking-bar, each pivoted to 6o point e, swinging the hook e" out of theslot h2, the carrier-frame, and so arranged that the and allowing theblock I, with connected haydetent will engage the detent-barbefore saidfork, to descend, supported by the rope J. detent releases thelocking-bar from the lock- The carrier is now held in one place (overthe ing-hook, substantially as specified. load) on the beam A, but thelifting devices 4. In a hay-carrier, the combination, with 65 areunlocked from t-he carrier. A load of hay the beam B and detent G,of thecarrier-frame is now secured to the fork, and the rope J is providedwith supporting-rollers, the detentdrawn upon, causing the liftingdevices to bar F, constructed as described, andprovided rise. The loop istrikes the point e2, lifting with the guide-point f5 at the curvedportion it, causing the hook E to rotate and the point thereof, thelocking-hook E, funnel-shaped 7o e to engage the loop. The loop is stillcontube a2, block I, provided with the loop i, and iinuing to rise. Theshoulders 11,3 are drawn operatingrope J, substantially as specified.behind the shoulders ei as the latter turn, 5. In a hay-carrier, thecombination, with the hook e4 having passed into the slot in the thebeam B, detent G, and carrier-frame A, hooked end 7L of the locking-barH, and by its of the detent-bar F, constructed as shown, the 75 pressuretherein causing the result. The furlocking-bar H, having` one endhook-shaped ther upward movement of the loop i causes and slottedlongitudinally, and the opposite the point e2 to rotate under theguide-point end beveled outward and downwardly, the j'5 ofthe inner armof the detentbar F, raising locking-hook E, block I, provided with thethe same and detaching the hook f3 from the lloop i and pulley i, andthe rope fixed to the 8o detent-arm g. ring C, and passing under thepulley and Having thus described myinvention, what I over t-he pulley D,substantially as specified. desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Intestimony whereof I aiix my signature in l. In a hay-carrier, thecombination, with presence of two witnesses. the pivoted locking-hook E,provided with the shoulders e3 and the hook e4, and arranged to RICHARDC. JORDAN. be rotated by the'loop i, of the locking-bar H, provided withthe slot h2 and shoulders h3, and Vitnesses: arranged to be lifted bythe detent G, substan- J. MANLEY, tially as specified. C. H. HAMILTON.

